DIRECTORY OF INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS

• NCJ Number: 14674
• Author(s): W C ECKERMAN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 28 pages
• Grant Number(s): PH-43-68-946
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO
• Publication Type: Directory
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

LISTING BY STATES OF INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE, AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, AND PROVIDING ADDRESSES, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION, NUMBER AND TYPE OF INMATES, AND THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR.

Abstract

INCLUDED ARE MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES WHICH PROVIDE PSYCHIATRIC CARE FOR MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS. CRITERIA FOR INCLUDING CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE DIRECTORY INCLUDED THEIR HAVING A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY AS A PART OF THEIR ORGANIZATION, OR AS AN ADJUNCT TO IT. ONLY FACILITIES WHICH BY STATED POLICY FUNCTION AND INTAKE CRITERIA ARE ORGANIZED TO ACCEPT MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS AND RENDER A FULL RANGE OF PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)